Updated: 11/15/2010 2:00:00 PM FedEx Corp. has joined utilities, vehicle manufacturers and other companies in pushing for a tax credit for fleets that buy electric vehicles, Bloomberg reported. FedEx CEO Fred Smith spoke at a… Read More »FedEx Calls for Tax Credits for Electric Vehicles
Freightliner Trucks delivered what it calls the first turnkey natural gas truck upfitted with a vacuum body. Developed in collaboration with Vac-Con, the Freightliner Business Class M2 112V Compressed Natural Gas truck will also be… Read More »Vacuum Truck Features Natural Gas
Updated: 11/15/2010 10:45:00 AM Heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. said Monday it will buy a mining equipment company in a deal valued at more than $8 billion. Caterpillar will buy Bucyrus International for $7.6 billion to… Read More »Caterpillar to Buy Mining Equipment Firm for $8 Billion
Owner-operators could become an endangered species if the President gets his way “The reason we’ve got an unparalleled standard of living in the history of the world is because we’ve got a free market that… Read More »The Morning After
Updated: 11/11/2010 8:00:00 AM The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index rose 2.1% in September from a year earlier, the seventh straight year-over-year gain. The freight TSI gained 1% from August to a reading… Read More »DOT Freight Transportation Index Rises 2.1%
Remarks by Anne S. FerroFMCSA AdministratorInternational Conference on Commercial Driver Health and Wellness Baltimore, MDNovember 8, 2010 Introduction Good morning everyone. I’m pleased to join Eric and Albert in welcoming you to the first ever… Read More »Remarks at the International Conference on Commercial Driver Health and Wellness
UDrove announced more trucking-specific attractions to be held at its Humanitarian Bowl Dec. 18. Mobile transportation solution provider UDrove, together with Arkansas-based owner-operator company Fikes Truck Line, will sponsor the appearance of Lisa Kelly, as… Read More »Ice Road Trucker Lisa Kelly to Sign Autographs at UDrove Humanitarian Bowl
Updated: 11/10/2010 8:00:00 AM By Bill StebenVice President, Underwriting Ameriplan Benefit Corp. This Opinion piece appears in the Nov. 8 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Earlier this year, American Trucking… Read More »Opinion: Trucking Work-Injury Programs
Fontaine Modification can do CNG engine installation. Fontaine Modification Company recently added new installation services that make adding alternative fuel vehicles or auxiliary power units to a fleet a little less expensive. Fontaine, which provides… Read More »Fontaine Modification Helps Fleets Spend Less to Go Green
Updated: 11/8/2010 4:30:00 PM Old Dominion Freight Line said Monday it will boost its less-than-truckload rates by about 4.9%, beginning Nov. 15. The change “involves a restructure that provides for increases in our rates based… Read More »Old Dominion Boosting Rates 4.9%
Dear Friends of Our Firm, The Small Business Jobs and Act of 2010, signed by President Obama on Sept. 27, 2010, includes a bevy of tax breaks for small business owners. Here are the highlights… Read More »Tax Break in small business law
Schneider says its efforts over the years have led to fuel savings of almost 49 million gallons a year. By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor Schneider National has been tending its fuel economy garden for… Read More »Going Green: For Schneider National, Fuel Efficiency's Old Hat